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Definition of Saturday night special
1. Noun. A cheap handgun that is easily obtained.
Definition of Saturday night special
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of Saturday-night special) An easily obtained handgun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saturday Night Special
Literary usage of Saturday night special
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Any federally licensed firearms dealer who sells a saturday night special Pistol,
or any person who manufactures or assembles a saturday night special ..."
2. A Clash of Arms: The Great American Gun Debate by DIANE Publishing Company (1991)
"Minnesota Minnesota law makes it a gross misdemeanor for any federally licensed
firearms dealer to sell a saturday night special pistol or to manufacture or ..."
3. Newsboy Service: A Study in Educational and Vocational Guidance by Anna Yeomans Reed (1917)
"The Times publishes three regular afternoon editions and a saturday night special
which goes on sale about nine o'clock. The Sunday editions of the Times ..."
4. Guerrilla Warfare: Cause and Conflict by Walter R. Thomas (1981)
"As an example, the Soviet AK-47 automatic rifle, always a hot sales item, has
become the international saturday night special, with about 55 million of them ..."
5. The Public School System of San Francisco, California: A Report to the San by United States Office of Education, Office of Education, United States (1919)
"Sunday morning magazine sections, or saturday night special editions are suitable
places for university feature articles and editors seldom refuse to print ..."
6. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Any federally licensed firearms dealer who sells a saturday night special Pistol,
or any person who manufactures or assembles a saturday night special ..."
7. A Clash of Arms: The Great American Gun Debate by DIANE Publishing Company (1991)
"Minnesota Minnesota law makes it a gross misdemeanor for any federally licensed
firearms dealer to sell a saturday night special pistol or to manufacture or ..."
8. Newsboy Service: A Study in Educational and Vocational Guidance by Anna Yeomans Reed (1917)
"The Times publishes three regular afternoon editions and a saturday night special
which goes on sale about nine o'clock. The Sunday editions of the Times ..."
9. Guerrilla Warfare: Cause and Conflict by Walter R. Thomas (1981)
"As an example, the Soviet AK-47 automatic rifle, always a hot sales item, has
become the international saturday night special, with about 55 million of them ..."
10. The Public School System of San Francisco, California: A Report to the San by United States Office of Education, Office of Education, United States (1919)
"Sunday morning magazine sections, or saturday night special editions are suitable
places for university feature articles and editors seldom refuse to print ..."